-convergence of 2D Ginzburg-Landau functionals with vortex concentration along curves

DOI10.1007/S11854-011-0020-0zbMATH Open1245.82085arXiv0906.4862OpenAlexW2108162192WikidataQ60143345 ScholiaQ60143345MaRDI QIDQ415773FDOQ415773

Lia Bronsard, Stan Alama, Vincent Millot

Publication date: 9 May 2012

Published in: Journal d'Analyse Mathématique (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the variational convergence of a family of two-dimensional Ginzburg-Landau functionals arising in the study of superfluidity or thin-film superconductivity, as the Ginzburg-Landau parameter epsilon tends to 0. In this regime and for large enough applied rotations (for superfluids) or magnetic fields (for superconductors), the minimizers acquire quantized point singularities (vortices). We focus on situations in which an unbounded number of vortices accumulate along a prescribed Jordan curve or a simple arc in the domain. This is known to occur in a circular annulus under uniform rotation, or in a simply connected domain with an appropriately chosen rotational vector field. We prove that, suitably normalized, the energy functionals Gamma-converge to a classical energy from potential theory. Applied to global minimizers, our results describe the limiting distribution of vortices along the curve in terms of Green equilibrium measures.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0906.4862

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zbMATH Keywords

\(\Gamma\)-convergenceGinzburg-Landau equationvortex concentration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ginzburg-Landau equations (35Q56) Optimality conditions for problems involving partial differential equations (49K20) Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55)

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